MBSS Site Summary for: FIMI-108-R-2000

Site Photos

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Located on FIFTEENMILE CR UT2 in the Fifteen Mile Creek watershed, 8-digit code: 02140511.
This stream was visited in the spring on 4/3/2000 and again in the summer on 9/11/2000.

Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI) Results:

An Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI) is a scientific tool used to identify and classify stream health. An IBI associates anthropogenic influences on a stream or with biological condition in the stream, and is formulated using data developed from biosurveys.
Details on the development and application of MBSS IBIs are in this document.
Fish IBI N R
Benthic IBI Fair - 3.8 / 5.0

Land Use

Land use can provide important information for determining stream health.
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Catchment area 138 acres A stream flowing through a densely forested area. An example of a forested stream.
Urban Land Use 0 %
Agricultural Land Use 6.7 %
Forested Land Use 70.8 %


Stream showing woody debris, logs, and rocky substrate.
An example of woody debris in a stream.

Physical Stream Habitat
Instream Habitat not sampled
Epifaunal Substrate not sampled
Velocity/Depth Diversity not sampled
Pool Quality not sampled
Riffle Quality not sampled
Shading not sampled
Embeddedness not sampled


Stream Water Quality:
pH (lab) 6.91
Alkalinity
(acid neutralizing capacity) 		150.7 µeq/L
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) 1.8 mg/L

Biological Stream Condition:

Surveys of the organisms living within a stream can give indications of stream health. Species richness, or the number of different species present, as well as indicator species (species whose presence, absence or abundance can serve as a measure of environmental conditions) are informative for stream health. 		Close-up of a mayfly indicator species.

Fish Survey Results:
Fish data is unavailable or no fish observed.

Amphibians and Reptiles:
Eastern Box Turtle

Crayfish:
No crayfish noted.

Exotic Plants:
No exotic plants noted.
 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Genus/Family Common Name Count
Amphinemura Spring Stonefly 56
Micropsectra Non-Biting Midges 17
Ephemerella Sulphur Mayfly 11
Chloroperlidae Green Stonefly 10
Paraleptophlebia Blue Quill Mayfly 8
Epeorus Mayfly 6
Diplectrona Net-Spinning Caddisfly 5
Isoperla Stripetail Stonefly 3
Prosimulium Black Fly 3
Simulium Black Fly 3
Stegopterna Black Fly 3
Lepidostoma Little Brown Sedge Caddisfly 1
Ameletus Combmouthed Minnow Mayfly 1
Pseudolimnophila Crane Fly 1
Wormaldia Fingernet Caddisfly 1
Acroneuria Golden Stoneflies 1
Sweltsa Stonefly 1
Conchapelopia Non-Biting Midges 1
Leuctra  Rolled-Winged Stonefly 1
Kick net sampling for macroinvertebrates.
Sampling with a kick net.

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